Exploring Theatre History Writing Assignment: YOUR TASK: Write an informational essay for one of the following topics:
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Compare Elizabethan theatres with those of Renaissance Spain.
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Compare Greek theatres to Roman theatres.
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Compare the social position of actors and directors in Rome with those in Greece.
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Compare the writing style of Spanish playwrights with the dramatists of Elizabethan England.
This essay should be typed, double spaced, and 3-5 pages. You should use but not be limited to your textbook for research. Please include a bibliography and a cover page. RUBRIC Content Organization Mechanics || Exceeds Standard 5 || Presents thoughtful ideas; develops them logically, fully, and clearly; uses particulary effective references || Well organized from beginning to end; logically developed; highly readable flow of ideas || Strong command of sentence structure; uses language effectively; few intrusive errors in grammar and conventions; refrences cited correctly ||
Meets Standard 4
Presents good ideas and develops them clearly; uses appropriate references
Generally well organized throughout; appropriate paragraphing; readable flow of ideas
Usually strong command of sentence structure; uses language well; relatively few serious, intrusive errors in grammar, conventions, and reference citations
Nearly Meets Standard 3
Present some relevant ideas fairly clearly; gives some support; reference may be inappropriate
Some sense of organization; few paragraphing errors; ideas lack flow
Generally correct sentence structure; uses language adequately; may contain some serious errors in grammar, conventions, and reference citations
Below Standard 2
Presents some relevant ideas but they are unclear or barely developed; poor or absent references
Little sense of organization; intrusive paragraph errors; little sense of flow
Lacks sentence control, uses language poorly; contains serious errors in grammar, conventions, and reference citations
Little Evidence of Achievement 1
Underdeveloped ideas; lacks references
incoherent
Serious and persistent errors in grammar and conventions
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Exploring Theatre History Writing Assignment:
YOUR TASK:
Write an informational essay for one of the following topics:
This essay should be typed, double spaced, and 3-5 pages.
You should use but not be limited to your textbook for research.
Please include a bibliography and a cover page.
RUBRIC
Content Organization Mechanics
||
Exceeds Standard
5
|| Presents thoughtful ideas; develops them logically, fully, and clearly; uses particulary effective references
|| Well organized from beginning to end; logically developed; highly readable flow of ideas
|| Strong command of sentence structure; uses language effectively; few intrusive errors in grammar and conventions; refrences cited correctly
||
Meets Standard
4
Nearly Meets Standard
3
Below Standard
2
1